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2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

GEOG3045 Global Cities: Mumbai

20 creditsClass Size: 24

Module manager: Dr Ayona Datta
Email: a.datta@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

This module is mutually exclusive with

GEOG3042	Urban and Regional Development: A Case Study of Athens
GEOG3550	Global Cities: Miami

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module offers students the opportunity to undertake a week of field work in Mumbai. The fieldtrip includes both lecturer directed work and independent investigation in the field. The trips are prefaced by lecture and film screening sessions. During these sessions important background and contextual information is provided so that students can relate their explorations in the field to themes from level 3 BA Human Geography modules. Mumbai This week long residential fieldtrip allows students to explore one of the most multicultural and diverse cities in South Asia. Currently, one of the largest and most populous cities of India, Mumbai’s proximity to the sea has historically seen the migration of people from different parts of Asia, Africa and Middle-East and more recently from rural and tribal areas in the region. This has produced Mumbai as a melting pot of people of all backgrounds, cultures and beliefs. During the fieldtrip students will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of Mumbai's geographies of migration, transnationalism and urban development and the ways that this has shaped the spaces of inclusion/exclusion in the city. Students will do this through visits to minority/ethnic neighbourhoods, elite housing developments, and slum redevelopment areas in the city and its fringes.

Objectives

On completion of the module, the student should have acquired:
1. An appreciation of the characteristics of the urban environments of Mumbai and the geographical processes which underlie their development;
2. Skills in the identification, collection and representation of a variety of information and data sources;
3. An ability to undertake independent field research, plan projects and present this through visual and written modes;
4. An understanding of the practical application of concepts and methods learnt in the classroom.

Learning outcomes
1. An understanding of key theories around multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, gentrification, racial/religious segregation and social exclusion.
2. The role of social, economic and cultural factors in the shaping of cities.
3. An understanding of key social policy debates and initiatives in influencing planning in cities.
4. An appreciation of the role of diverse populations in the creation of urban fabrics and micro-publics of cities.

Skills outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
The dynamic nature of geographical thought and practice and the inter-relationships between the discipline and the social sciences
Patterns and processes of environmental change and their inter-relationships with human activities
Spatial patterns and relationships in human phenomena at a variety of scales
The geography of places and their constitution by environmental, economic, social and political processes, and the influence of places on these processes
The geographies of difference and inequality with particular reference to historical development, ethnicity, class, gender and the changing nature of urban and regional economies and policy
Contemporary debates about time-space relationships, globalization and global interconnections
The role of changes in technology, the nature of work and labour markets in influencing spatial patterns of economic activity
The contribution of geography to development of environmental political, economic and cultural agendas, policies and practices

Cognitive skills
Abstraction and synthesis of information from a variety of sources
Assessment and critical evaluation of the merits of contrasting theories, explanations, policies
Critical analysis and interpretation of data and text
Developing reasoned arguments
Solving problems and making reasoned decisions

Practical/professional skills
Plan, design, execute and report geographical research both individually and as part of a team
Undertake effective field work (with due regard for safety and risk assessment)
Collect, interpret and synthesise different types of quantitative, qualitative and visual geographical data
Recognise the ethical issues involved in geographical debates and enquiries

Key skills
Learn in familiar and unfamiliar situations
Communicate effectively (in writing, verbally and through visual/graphical presentations)
Use information technology effectively (including use of powerpoint, spreadsheet, database and word processing programmes; Internet and e-mail)
Identify, retrieve, sort and exchange geographical information using a wide range of sources

Syllabus

Lectures and student-centred learning together with one week of field work in Mumbai, covering the following themes:

Mumbai:
Transnationalism, globalisation, cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism, inclusion/exclusion, minority ethnic neighbourhoods, elite gated housing, slum redevelopment, human-ecological tensions, social movements and urban politics.

Students choose a field trip at the end of the previous academic year. It is hoped that it will be possible to accommodate most students in their first choice destination.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Fieldwork	1	49.00	49.00
Lecture	5	2.00	10.00
Private study hours			141.00
Total Contact hours			59.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Private study will take the following forms:
1) General reading to prepare for and supplement lectures.
2) Reading to prepare for the field trip.
3) Reading to prepare, research and conduct the assessments.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through group discussion of literature and films in the pre-fieldtrip lectures, photo essay event, inspection of field notebooks/logs following the field trip, and individual projects.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	Individual 3,500 word report	60.00
Group Project	Visual essay presentation at student event (in groups)	30.00
Written Work	Fieldwork notebook/log	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 01/04/2015

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